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Coimbra (pronounced [kuˈĩbɾɐ]) is a city and a municipality in Portugal, former capital of the country during the first dynasty period and home to the University of Coimbra, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world. According to the INE's census of 2001, the city proper had a population of 101,069[1] and the municipality had a population of 148,443 inhabitants in a 319.4 km² land area. Over 430,000 inhabitants live in the Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra made of 16 municipalities comprising a 3,372 km² territory. It is the seat of the Centro region, as well as of the District of Coimbra and the Baixo Mondego subregion which are both located within it. Like most university cities, it comprises a large number of dislocated students from outside Coimbra among its residents. Image File history File links Flag of Coimbra, Portugal File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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This article describes the political subdivisions of Portugal: Districts, regions, metropolitan areas, urban communities, intermunicipal communities, undefined areas, autonomous regions, and former regions. ...
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Map showing the location of the Baixo Mondego subregion Baixo Mondego is a portuguese NUTS3 subregion that comprises the lower part of the Mondego river. ...
The District of Coimbra is located in the South of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Coimbra. ...
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Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Baixo Mondego - District or A.R. Coimbra Mayor Carlos Encarnação - Party PSD Area 319. ...
Elizabeth of Portugal (1271–1336) was queen consort of Portugal and a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
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Many of the municipalities of Portugal are older than the country itself. ...
The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
The Instituto Nacional de EstatÃstica is the National Statistical Institute of Portugal. ...
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The Grande Ãrea Metropolitana de Coimbra (or in English Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra) has 16 municipalities (largest to smallest in number of inhabitants): Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Cantanhede, Montemor-o-Velho, Soure, Mealhada, Penacova, Lousã, Condeixa-a-Nova, Miranda do Corvo, Mira, Tábua, Mortágua, Vila Nova de...
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Map showing the location of the Baixo Mondego subregion Baixo Mondego is a portuguese NUTS3 subregion that comprises the lower part of the Mondego river. ...
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Coimbra is one of the most important urban centers of Portugal after the much larger Lisbon Metropolitan Area , Porto Metropolitan Area and Minho Metropolitan Area,a urban conurbation in and around Braga. Coimbra plays a role as the chief urban centre of the central part of the country. The city contains important archeological remains of structures dating from the time when it was the Roman town of Aeminium, such as its well-preserved aqueduct and cryptoporticus, as well as from the period when it served as the capital of Portugal (from 1139 to about 1260). In the Late Middle-Ages, declining as the political centre of the Kingdom of Portugal, Coimbra began to evolve into a major cultural centre with the foundation of the University of Coimbra in 1290. The university, one of the oldest in Europe, attracts visitors from around the world due to its monumental buildings and history, making the city an important touristic destination. Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities. ...
Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto (Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto) in Portugal consists of 14 municipalities that made the secound biggest urban area in the country (largest to smallest, by population): Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto (the capital), Matosinhos, Gondomar, Santa Maria da Feira, Maia, Valongo, Vila do Conde, Santo...
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Aeminium was the ancient name of the current city of Coimbra, in Portugal. ...
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In Ancient Roman architecture a cryptoporticus is a covered corridor or passageway, often underground, and often used as a gallery for pieces of artwork. ...
July 26, Independence of Portugal from the Kingdom of León and Castile declared after the Battle of Ourique against the Almoravids lead by Ali ibn Yusuf: Prince Afonso Henriques becomes Afonso I, King of Portugal, after assembling the first assembly of the estates-general of Portugal at Lamego, where...
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The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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Location
The historic city of Coimbra is located in central Portugal, 120 km south of Porto, 195 km north of Lisbon. One of Portugal's biggest crossroads, Coimbra is served by the A1, the main highway of Portugal. It is set by the Mondego River, about 40 km east of Figueira da Foz, a neighbour coastal city with several beaches, summer and seaport facilities on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. There are also several piturestic mountain towns such as Lousã and Penacova and spa towns and villages such as Luso,Buçaco and Curia. “km†redirects here. ...
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A1 - Auto-estrada do Norte is the principal motorway (freeway) in Portugal. ...
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Figueira da Foz, is a city of the district of Coimbra, in Portugal. ...
Coat of Arms Lousã is a town in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Penacova is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Luso may be: a term used to describe a person of any sort of Portuguese origins, including all former colonies, such as Brazil and Cape Verde a prefix meaning Portuguese (after the Roman province of Lusitania, roughly corresponding to modern Portugal) Luso a Portuguese village of the municipality of Mealhada...
Serra de Bussaco, (also Buçaco or Busaco) is a mountain range on the frontiers of Portugal, formerly included in the province of Beira. ...
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Nationwide importance Having ceased to serve as the capital of Portugal in the 14th century, Coimbra has nevertheless retained considerable importance as the capital of the former Beira province, now designated the Centro region. It is considered alongside Braga the most important city of Portugal outside the Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas, playing a role as the chief city of the whole central area of the country. With a dense urban grid the city of Coimbra is famous for its monuments, churches, libraries, museums, parks, nightlife, healthcare and shopping facilities, but above all for its intense cultural life, centered on the University of Coimbra, one of the oldest universities in Europe. This relevance within the context of the coutry's cultural life can be seen in the large number of writers, artists and academics connected with the city, which has thus secured throughout its history a reputation as the Lusa Atenas (Lusitanian Athens). For details, see the 'Culture' and 'Famous inhabitants' sections below. Beira (pron. ...
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Lisbon Metropolitan Area (Portuguese: Ãrea Metropolitana de Lisboa, or AML) is a territorial zone that includes 18 municipalities. ...
Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto (Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto) in Portugal consists of 14 municipalities that made the secound biggest urban area in the country (largest to smallest, by population): Vila Nova de Gaia, Porto (the capital), Matosinhos, Gondomar, Santa Maria da Feira, Maia, Valongo, Vila do Conde, Santo...
The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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Demographics
 The old town as seen from the south bank of the Mondego, topped by the famous clock tower of the University of Coimbra. Encircling it are some of the old university buildings, comprising its renowned library, the Biblioteca Joanina, and the former royal palace - a relic of the city's past as the capital of Portugal. At the left, a portion of the university's early Estado Novo period wing, completed in the 1940s, is visible. Coimbra municipality has a population of 148,443 inhabitants in a 319.4 km² land area, and 55,402 families (an increase in the number of families of 17.1% was experienced between 1991 and 2001). The city proper has a population of 101,069[1] distributed across the core urban parishes of the municipality. The municipality of Coimbra has a "present population" (população presente) of 157,510 inhabitants, and a "usuary population" (população utente) of 200,000. On average, over 43,000 people flow to Coimbra every day to study and work. About 430,000 inhabitants live in its Greater Metropolitan Area, the Grande Área Metropolitana de Coimbra, made of 16 municipalities comprising a 3372 km² territory. Between 1864 and 2001, Coimbra municipality population tripled (Portugal's population doubled during the same period). Between 1991 and 2001 its population increased 6.75% (Portugal's population increased 4.08% in the same period).[2] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
The Joanina Library (Biblioteca Joanina) is the Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century during the reign of the Portuguese King João V (and named after him). ...
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The Grande Ãrea Metropolitana de Coimbra (or in english Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra) has 16 municipalities (largest to smallest): Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Cantanhede, Montemor-o-Velho, Soure, Mealhada, Penacova, Lousã, Condeixa-a-Nova, Miranda do Corvo, Mira, Tábua, Mortágua, Vila Nova de Poiares, Penela and G...
History and landmarks The city, located over a hill by the river Mondego, was called Aeminium in Roman times. During late Antiquity it became the seat of a Diocesis substituting the nearby city of Conímbriga, which had been captured and partially plundered by invading Germanic peoples in 465 and 468, adopting later the name of the destroyed city. After the Roman city of Civita Aeminium, between 586 and 640, the Visigoths altered the name of the town to Emínio. The Moors occupied Coimbra (Arabic: قلمرية) around the year 711, turning it into an important commercial link between the Christian North and Muslim South. The city was reconquered by Ferdinand I of León in 1064. Mondego River in Portugal The Rio Mondego (pron. ...
Aeminium was the ancient name of the current city of Coimbra, in Portugal. ...
Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, which begins roughly with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (7th century BC), and continues through the rise of Christianity and the fall of the Western Roman Empire (5th century AD...
DIOCESIS (plural DIOCESES) is the Latin word for and the etymological root of modern words for Diocese -See that article, both as a Roman administrative level AND as the ecclesiastical circonscription of a Bishop. ...
ConÃmbriga is one of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal, and is classified as a National Monument. ...
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The Umayyad conquest of Hispania (711–718) commenced when an army of the Umayyad Caliphate consisting largely of Moors, the Muslim inhabitants of Northwest Africa, invaded Visigothic Christian Hispania (Portugal and Spain) in the year 711. ...
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Ferdinand I, called the Great (in his time, El Magno) (1017–León, 1065), was the king of Castile from his fathers death in 1035 and the king of León—through his wife—after defeating his father-in-law in 1037 until his death in 1065. ...
After being reconquered by the Christians, Coimbra became the capital of a new County (County of Coimbra), governed by the Mozarab Sesnando (Sisnando Davides), later incorporated into the County of Portugal. In the mid-12th century, the first Portuguese King, Afonso Henriques, turned Coimbra into the capital of the new Kingdom, a condition the city would keep until the year 1255. Many important monuments of the city date from this early period, like the Old Cathedral, the Church of St. James (Igreja de Santiago) and the Santa Cruz Monastery, which was the most important Portuguese monastic institution at the time. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 935 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Created by: micampe Upload by: User:Rei-artur Foto: Flickr File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on...
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The Santa Cruz Monastery, (english: Holy Cross Monastery, portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz) is a National Monument in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
In architecture, manueline is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Ãlvares Cabral. ...
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The County of Coimbra (Portuguese: Condado de Coimbra) was a political entity instituted as a military unit of defense in the borders of the Kingdom of Galicia in the Iberian Peninsula, and in what is today central Portugal. ...
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Sisnando Davides (also Sesnando Davides, Sisnando DavÃdez, or Sisnando Davidiz), was a Mozarab (a Christian living under Muslim dominion in the Iberian Peninsula) nobleman and general born in Tentúgal, near Coimbra. ...
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Alfonso I Henriques of Portugal (Guimarães, 1109, traditionally July 25, – 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the first king of Portugal, declaring his independence from Leon_Castile, a deed often identifying the Condado Portucalense as the first nation_based state of Europe. ...
The Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Portuguese: Sé Velha de Coimbra) is the most important Romanesque building in Portugal. ...
The Santa Cruz Monastery, (english: Holy Cross Monastery, portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz) is a National Monument in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
As early as the Middle Ages, Coimbra was divided into an upper city (Cidade Alta or Almedina), where the aristocracy and the clergy lived, and the low city (Cidade Baixa) by the river, where most commercial activities took place. The city was encircled by a fortified wall, of which some remnants are still visible like the Almedina Gate (Porta da Almedina). The most important work in Gothic style in the city is the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, founded on the left side of the river Mondego by Queen Elizabeth in the first half of the 14th century. The Monastery was located too close to the river, and frequent floods forced the nuns to abandon it in the 17th century, when the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova was built uphill. The Queen's magnificent gothic tomb was also transferred to the new convent. The ruins of the old convent were unearthed in the 2000s, and can be seen today in the left bank of the river. The Old Cathedral of Coimbra (Portuguese: Sé Velha de Coimbra) is the most important Romanesque building in Portugal. ...
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In the 15th and 16th centuries, during the Age of Discovery, Coimbra was again one of the main artistic centres of Portugal thanks to both local and royal patronage. Coimbra bishops, religious orders and King Manuel I supported artists like Diogo Pires (father and son), Marcos Pires, João de Castilho, Diogo de Castilho and the Frenchmen, João de Ruão and Nicholas of Chanterene, among others, who left important manueline and renaissance works in the town. Dating from this period are the remodelling (in manueline style) of the Santa Cruz Monastery, including the tombs of Kings Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, the renaissance Manga Fountain, the altarpieces and triumphal portal of the Old Cathedral, among other works. See also: Age of Sail and Afro-Asiatic age of discovery For the computer wargame, Age of Discovery, see Global Diplomacy. ...
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In architecture, manueline is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Ãlvares Cabral. ...
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Alfonso I Henriques of Portugal (Guimarães, 1109, traditionally July 25, – 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the first king of Portugal, declaring his independence from Leon_Castile, a deed often identifying the Condado Portucalense as the first nation_based state of Europe. ...
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The University of Coimbra, founded in Lisbon in 1290 by King Dinis I, was transferred to the premises of Coimbra Royal Palace in 1537 by King John III. Since then, the city life has revolved around the state-run university, and for many decades, several colleges (colégios) created to provide an alternative to the official form of teaching and established by the religious orders in the city, which were later gradually discontinued through the times with the secularization of teaching in Portugal. Built in the 18th century, the Joanina Library (Biblioteca Joanina), a Baroque library, is other notable landmark of the ancient university. The Baroque University Tower (Torre da Universidade), from the school of the German architect Ludovice and built between 1728 and 1733, is the city's «ex-libris». Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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The Joanina Library (Biblioteca Joanina) is the Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century during the reign of the Portuguese King João V (and named after him). ...
The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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The Joanina Library (Biblioteca Joanina) is the Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century during the reign of the Portuguese King João V (and named after him). ...
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Johann Friedrich Ludwig (1670 - 1752), known in Portugal as João Frederico Ludovice, or simply Ludovice, was a famous architect and a goldsmith. ...
In 1772, the prime-minister of king José I, the Marquis of Pombal, undertook a deep reform of the University, where the study of the sciences assumed vast importance. The collections of scientific instruments and material acquired since then are nowadays gathered in the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra, and constitute one of the most important historical science collections in Europe. Joseph I, King of Portugal (Portuguese José, pron. ...
The Marquis of Pombal, or Marquês de Pombal, (13 May 1699 - 15 May 1782) was a Portuguese politician and statesman, prime minister of king Joseph I of Portugal throughout his reign. ...
The first half of the 19th century was a difficult period for Coimbra, invaded by French troops under the command of Andoche Junot and André Masséna. The city recovered in the second half of the century with infrastructure improvements like the telegraph, gas light, the railway system and a railway bridge over the Mondego river. For the 1862 American Civil War campaign, see Peninsula Campaign. ...
Jean-Andoche Junot (October 23, 1771 _ July 29, 1813) was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte. ...
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Apart from the monuments already mentioned, it is also worth a visit to the New Cathedral of Coimbra (17th century) and the Machado de Castro Museum, the second most important one in Portugal, housed in the former Palace of the Bishops. The city also houses the University of Coimbra General Library, Portuguese second biggest library, after the National Library in Lisbon, and the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra from the 18th century. Façade of the New Cathedral of Coimbra. ...
The National Museum Machado de Castro (Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro) is an art museum in Coimbra, Portugal, named after the renowned Portuguese sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro. ...
The University of Coimbra General Library (Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra) is the central library of the University of Coimbra, in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra was founded in 1772-1774 and it was integrated in the Natural History Museum established by the Marquis of Pombal. ...
Coimbra is also known for the reduced child-scale buildings in the Portugal dos Pequenitos park, an educational theme park built during the Estado Novo. Its buildings are scale copies of Portuguese architectural landmarks and were completed in the 1950s. Portugal dos Pequenitos in Coimbra. ...
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Education -
Main article: Education in Coimbra Coimbra has been called A cidade dos estudantes (The city of the students) or Lusa-Atenas (Lusitan-Athens), mainly because it is the site of the oldest and one of the largest universities in Portugal - the University of Coimbra, a public university whose origins can be traced back to the 13th century. Nowadays, it has students from 70 different nationalities; almost 10% of its students are foreigners, making it Portugal's most international university. Since early ages, Coimbra developed into an important cultural centre, firstly due to the school founded in 1131 in the Santa Cruz Monastery, essential on medieval times and a meeting point for the intellectual and power elites, where famous medieval figures studied, like Saint Anthony of Lisbon. ...
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The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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Coimbra is also the place where the oldest and biggest university students' union of Portugal was founded - the Associação Académica de Coimbra (Academic Association of Coimbra), established in 1887. A students union, student government, student senate, students association, or guild of students is a student organization present in many colleges and universities. ...
AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ...
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Besides that, there are also some other schools and institutes of higher education in the city: the Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra, a public polytechnic institute; the Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra, a public nursing school; and some private higher education institutions such as the Instituto Superior Miguel Torga; the Instituto Superior Bissaya Barreto; the Escola Universitária Vasco da Gama and finally, the Escola Universitária das Artes de Coimbra, an art school. The Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra (IPC) is a public polytechnic institute in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ...
The Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra (ESEnfC) is a public nursing school in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Nursing school is a type of educational institution, or part thereof, where people undergo formal education and training to become a nurse. ...
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A large number of higher education students from entire Portugal chose Coimbra's higher learning institutions to study, due to the wide availability of degrees offered in different fields, the student-friendly environment of the city, and the prestige of many of its learning institutions allied to the ancient tradition of Coimbra as the historical capital of higher studies in Portugal.
The city has also a large number of public and private basic and secondary schools, among these some of the best-ranked in the country, like Escola Secundária Infanta D. Maria (public), Escola Secundária José Falcão (public) and Colégio Rainha Santa Isabel (private), as well as several kindergartens and nurseries.
Economy
 Visconde da Luz Street in the Baixa of Coimbra. The wealth of the city rests mostly on its University of Coimbra with about 23,000 students - the city has a total of 35,000 higher education students considering the other higher education institutions based there - but also in shopping, technology and health sciences industry, administrative offices, financial services, law firms and specialized medical care. The city has many private clinics, medical offices and two large independent state hospital centres: the H.U.C. - Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra, which is a university hospital, and the C.H.C. - Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra, which is a district hospital. Coimbra has also the regional branch of the national cancer hospital - the I.P.O. - Instituto Português de Oncologia, as well as a military hospital. The Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal, the state-run forensic science institute of Portugal, is headquartered in Coimbra. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2067 × 1550 pixel, file size: 667 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Coimbra Metadata This file contains...
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The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Health science is the discipline of applied science which deals with human and animal health. ...
HUC main entrance, Coimbra, Portugal The Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (H.U.C.) is the Coimbras University Hospitals, in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
A university hospital is an institution which combines the services of a hospital with the education of medical students and with medical research. ...
The Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra (C.H.C.) is a hospital center in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ...
The Instituto Português de Oncologia (I.P.O.) (Portuguese for: Portuguese Oncology Institute) is a state-run cancer hospital and research organization from Portugal. ...
A casualty is a victim of an accident, injury or trauma. ...
The Instituto Nacional de Medicina Legal, I.P. (National Legal Medicine Institute) is a Portuguese government-owned organization under direct supervision of the Portuguese Ministry of the Justice, which provides forensic science services to the police forces and government agencies of Portugal. ...
Notable companies in the city area include Critical Software which has its global headquarters in the city, Cimpor's cement factory in Souselas (CIMPOR Souselas), the pan-European service facility of Olympus Corporation, the pharmaceuticals companies Bluepharma and BASI, the iron foundry Fucoli-Somepal, and several ceramics, food processing, textiles and wine industries. Handicraft industry is well represented by traditional tapestry and pottery manufacture, and the surroundings of the city have besides forestry, dynamic horticulture production, vineyards and livestock raising. The Instituto Pedro Nunes (Pedro Nunes Institute), a business incubator, dynamically hosts several start-ups which are usually dedicated to technology-related businesses and became independent spin-off companies headquartered across the whole region. CIMPOR - Cimentos de Portugal is the largest Portuguese cement group, operating in ten countries - Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Tunisia, Brazil, Angola, Cape Verde, Mozambique, Egypt and South Africa, involved in manufacturing and marketing cement, hydraulic lime, concrete and aggregates, precast concrete and dry mortars. ...
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Pharmacology (in Greek: pharmacon is drug, and logos is science) is the study of how chemical substances interfere with living systems. ...
Bluepharma (full name Bluepharma - Indústria Farmacêutica, SA) is a pharmaceutical company of Portuguese ownership, which is located in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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A foundry is a factory which produces castings of metal, both ferrous and non-ferrous. ...
Fucoli-Somepal (full name: Fucoli-Somepal, Fundição de Ferro, S.A.) is an iron foundry company headquartered in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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Food processing is the set of methods and techniques used to transform raw ingredients into food for consumption by humans or animals. ...
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A handicraft shop in Delhi-India, other opction is Apus-Inka. ...
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Pottery on display in Dilli Haat, Delhi, India. ...
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Horticulture (pronounced or US [1]) is the art and science of the cultivation of plants. ...
A vineyard A vineyard is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table grapes. ...
Sheep are commonly bred as livestock. ...
Instituto Pedro Nunes (IPN) is a non-profit private organization for innovation and technology transfer based in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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A startup company is a company with a limited operating history. ...
A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new organization or entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a new company formed from a university research group. ...
Coimbra has a fresh produce open-air market on every 7th and 23rd days of the month at Feira dos 7 e dos 23, and a large fresh produce market in downtown at Mercado D. Pedro V. The Baixa (downtown) of Coimbra has many coffeehouses and bakeries, and features several specialty shops selling all kind of products in typical old-fashioned architectural surroundings. Large commercial facilities with car park, include a medium-sized shopping center (CoimbraShopping); two larger shopping centers with hypermarket, restaurants, movie theaters and several shops with a selection of some of Portugal's and the world's most famous and stylish international brands (Centro Comercial Dolce Vita and Forum Coimbra); and two retail parks found on the fringes of the city, offering an alternative to the busy city centre (Retail Park Mondego in Taveiro, and Coimbra Retail Park in Eiras). Discussing the War in a Paris Café, Illustrated London News 17 September 1870 Coffee shop redirects here. ...
Bakery foods A baker is someone who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar foods. ...
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Packaged food aisles of Fred Meyer in Portland, Oregon In commerce, a hypermarket or multi-department store is a superstore which combines a supermarket and a department store. ...
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A typical multiplex (AMC Promenade 16 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States). ...
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Culture
Coimbra fado Fado de Coimbra (Coimbra Fado) is a highly stylized genre of fado born in the city of Coimbra. Guitar player Carlos Paredes and singer Zeca Afonso, are among its most renowned and historical figures. The Fado de Coimbra is a type of fado, originating in the university city of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Fado (translated as destiny or fate) is a music genre which can be traced from the 1820s in Portugal, but probably with much earlier origins. ...
Cover from Guitarra Portuguesa. ...
José Afonso José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, also known as Zeca Afonso (pron. ...
Orfeon Académico de Coimbra, the oldest and most famous academic choir in Portugal, an autonomous organization of the students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra, established in 1880 by a law student, and the fado section of Associação Académica de Coimbra itself, are important organizations in Coimbra fado promotion and preservation. Orfeon Académico de Coimbra is the oldest and most famous academic choir in Portugal. ...
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AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ...
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According to tradition, to applaud fado in Lisbon you clap your hands, while in Coimbra you cough as if clearing your throat.
Municipality holiday Coimbra city holiday is the 4th of July. The Coimbra City Festival is in honour of the Queen Saint Elizabeth, wife of the King Dom Dinis and patriarch of the city. The religious festivities take place only in the even numbered years, but the city holiday's celebrations take place every year in July. Special attractions include the fireworks display during the nighttime march of the penitents. The devotion accorded to Queen Donna Isabel began soon after her death and in 1516 she was beatified for the Coimbra Diocese under Pope Leo X, then for the whole country by Pope Paul IV in 1556. The canonization process for Holy Queen Isabel was begun by Don Alfonso de Castelo Branco, in 1612. After verification that the corpse remained uncorrupted a crystal and silver urn was placed at the tomb for veneration by the faithful. The canonization ceremony took place in 1625 with Pope Urban VIII presiding and the local population celebrating the event for a week. Elizabeth of Portugal (1271–1336) was queen consort of Portugal and a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
Dinis of Portugal (in archaic Portuguese Diniz; in English Denis), the Farmer (Port. ...
Pope Leo X, born Giovanni di Lorenzo de Medici (11 December 1475 – 1 December 1521) was Pope from 1513 to his death. ...
Pope Paul IV (June 28, 1476 – August 18, 1559), né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from May 23, 1555 until his death. ...
Pope Urban VIII (April 1568 – July 29, 1644), born Maffeo Barberini, was Pope from 1623 to 1644. ...
Student festivals
 Coimbra's Queima das Fitas Parade. Image shows nearly-graduated medicine students. Coimbra is also known for its university students' festivals. Two are held every year. The first one, Latada or Festa das Latas (The Tin Can Parade), a homecoming parade, occurs in the beginning of scholar year, and is a welcome to the new university students (Caloiros). The Festa das Latas goes back to the 19th century when the Coimbra students felt the need to express their joy at finishing the school year in as loud a way as possible, using everything at their disposal that would make noise, namely tin cans. The highlight of this festival, which now takes place at the beginning of the academic year (November) is the special parade known as the Latada. After marching through the streets of the city the new students are baptized in the Mondego River thus entering into the Coimbra academic fraternity. The 2nd year's students are awarded their Grelos (a small ribbon). The Grelo is a small, woollen ribbon with the color(s) of the student's faculty that is attached to a student's briefcase. Previous to this, at the morning the students must have visited the Dom Pedro V market where they must get a turnip to sustain the Caloiros during the day's festivities. Besides the tin cans they have tied to their legs, the new students wear all kinds of costumes made up according to the creativity and imagination of their godmothers or godfathers who are older students. They also carry placards with ironic criticisms alluding to certain teachers, the educational system, national events and leaders. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Festa das Latas (The Tin Can Parade) or Latada, is a homecoming parade and festival of the University of Coimbra, in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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The second one, Queima das Fitas (The Burning of the Ribbons), more important than the first, takes place at the end of the second semester (usually in the beginning of May) and it is one of the biggest student parties in all Europe. It lasts for 8 days, each for each University of Coimbra's Faculty: Letras (Letters), Direito (Law), Medicina (Medicine), Ciências e Tecnologia (Sciences and Technology), Farmácia (Pharmacy), Economia (Economics), Psicologia e Ciências da Educação (Psychology and Education Sciences) and Ciências do Desporto e Educação Física (Sports Sciences and Physical Education). The Queima das Fitas (portuguese for Burning of the Ribbons) is a traditional festivity of the students of some portuguese universities, organized originally by the students of the University of Coimbra. ...
Although being University of Coimbra's festivals, other higher education students of Coimbra such as the polytechnic's students or private institution's students, are invited every year by the University of Coimbra students who manage and organise this events, to participate in the Tin Can Parade and also in the Burning of the Ribbons.
Leisure activities
Parks and gardens Coimbra has many attractive and pleasant green spaces such as parks, playgrounds, gardens and forests. The most famous park in the city is probably the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra, the fifth oldest in the world. The city's green areas also include the Mata Nacional do Choupal, the Mata Nacional de Vale de Canas, Jardim da Sereia,(also known as Jardim de Santa Cruz) Penedo da Saudade, Parque Manuel Braga, Parque Verde do Mondego and Choupalinho. Quinta das Lágrimas, a 19th century palace and estate, which was transformed into a hotel and golf resort, contains also a large park. Also noteworthy is the Paul de Arzila, a natural reserve occupying an area in Coimbra municipality (in Arzila), and in the neighbouring municipalities of Condeixa-a-Nova and Montemor-o-Velho. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (1280 × 960 pixel, file size: 399 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Created by: Portuguese_eyes Upload by: User:Rei-artur Foto: Flickr File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on...
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The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra was founded in 1772-1774 and it was integrated in the Natural History Museum established by the Marquis of Pombal. ...
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Combination playground structure for small children; slides, climbers (stairs in this case), playhouse A playground is an area designed for children to engage in physical activity. ...
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The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra was founded in 1772-1774 and it was integrated in the Natural History Museum established by the Marquis of Pombal. ...
Choupal National Forest Choupal National Forest (Portuguese: Mata Nacional do Choupal) is a national forest in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Penedo da Saudade is the name of an historical public garden in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Quinta das Lágrimas (IPA: ) is an estate in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Paul de Arzila is a Portuguese natural reserve occupying an area in Coimbra municipality (in Arzila), and neighbouring municipalities of Condeixa-a-Nova and Montemor-o-Velho. ...
A nature reserve (natural reserve, nature preserve, natural preserve) is an area of importance for wildlife, flora, fauna or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research. ...
Condeixa-a-Nova, also known as Condeixa, is a town and a municipality in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Montemor-o-Velho is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal It has got 3000. ...
Sport Coimbra is home to Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F. (known simply as Académica), a professional football autonomous organism of the University of Coimbra students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra, founded in 1872 and having its current statute of autonomous football organization since the 1980s. Académica football team plays in the BWINLIGA at the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra. Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra, another sports club with tradition in the city, owner of a football team which plays in the Portuguese Second Division, is other important club of Coimbra. The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (A.A.C. - O.A.F.), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (pron. ...
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AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ...
Year 1872 (MDCCCLXXII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
The 1980s was the decade spanning from 1980 to 1989, also called The Eighties. The decade saw social, economic and general upheaval as wealth, production and western culture migrated to new industrializing economies. ...
The Portuguese Liga (pron. ...
The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (City of Coimbra Stadium) is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Symbol of the Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra, usually known as União de Coimbra is a sport club in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
The Portuguese Second Division (formerly called Second Division B) is the third level of the Portuguese football league system. ...
Coimbra also has one of the largest multisports clubs in Portugal: the University of Coimbra's students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra, includes sections dedicated to a wide array of sports such as rugby, volleyball, handball, rink hockey, basketball, baseball, tennis, swimming, rowing, among many others. A Sports club, Athletic club or Sports association is an institution oriented to multiple sports, which fields many teams in several sports at a same time. ...
AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ...
The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (30,000 seats), which was a site of 2004 European Football Championship and includes olympic swimming pools (Piscinas Municipais), as well as a multiuse sports facility (Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra), located both near the stadium; the Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição; and the Estádio Universitário de Coimbra, an extensive sports complex of the university on Mondego's left bank, are the main athletics and sports venues in Coimbra. The Pavilhão Jorge Anjinho sports arena (headquarters of Associação Académica de Coimbra - O.A.F.), Pavilhão dos Olivais, and Pavilhão do C.F. União de Coimbra, are other places where some of the most important indoor sports clashes involving teams of Coimbra are played. The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (City of Coimbra Stadium) is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Euro 2004 Logo The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called Euro 2004, was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. ...
Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra is a multipurpose sports arena in Coimbra, Portugal adjacent to the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra stadium and the municipal swimming pools (Piscinas Municipais). ...
Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição (Sérgio Conceição Municipal Stadium) is a football (soccer) stadium in Taveiro, in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
A view of the southern top of the Estádio Universitário de Coimbra sports complex near the river. ...
The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (A.A.C. - O.A.F.), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (pron. ...
Major sports teams based in Coimbra include:
The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (A.A.C. - O.A.F.), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (pron. ...
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The Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (City of Coimbra Stadium) is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Basquetebol (Académica de Coimbra/Dolcevita for sponsorship reasons) is the basketball sports section of the students union of the University of Coimbra, the Associação Académica de Coimbra, which is based in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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The Proliga is the top mens professional basketball league in Portugal organised by the Federação Portuguesa de Basquetebol. ...
Pavilhão Multiusos de Coimbra is a multipurpose sports arena in Coimbra, Portugal adjacent to the Estádio Cidade de Coimbra stadium and the municipal swimming pools (Piscinas Municipais). ...
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Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Rugby is the rugby union sports section of the students union of the University of Coimbra, the Associação Académica de Coimbra, which is based in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
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Club Name Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Voleibol Image Arena University Stadium of Coimbra sports complex, Coimbra, Portugal Manager League A1 - Portugal Position 2005-06 11th Website AAC - Secção de Voleibol The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Secção de Voleibol is the volleyball...
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The Portuguese Volleyball League A1 is the top men’s Volleyball league in Portugal, which is also called (Portuguese: Campeonato Nacional de Voleibol - A1). The competition was called Honor Division (Divisão de Honra) in 1983-84, 1986-88. ...
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Clube de Futebol União de Coimbra, usually known as União de Coimbra (pron. ...
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The Portuguese Third Division is the fourth level of the [[Portuguese football league system. ...
Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição Estádio Municipal Sérgio Conceição (Sérgio Conceição Municipal Stadium) is a football (soccer) stadium in Taveiro, in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Transportation
 Ponte do Açude, one of the busiest bridges over Mondego river. The two banks of Mondego river at Coimbra, are linked by three main bridges: the Ponte do Açude; the Ponte de Santa Clara (Santa Clara bridge), which is the oldest, and the Ponte Rainha Santa also known as Ponte Europa, which is the newest one, finished in 2004. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2576 × 1932 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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The city is internally connected by an extensive bus network, the SMTUC (Serviços Municipalizados de Transportes Urbanos de Coimbra, Coimbra Municipality Urban Transport Services) and trolleybuses (the only city in Portugal having them). In the past, the city also had a tram network (some are now parked inside a transportation museum). Taxicabs are also available, and are recognizable as cream or black and green (black car with green rooftop) taxis. The city is a hub for interregional bus services for all the country and abroad. Autobus redirects here. ...
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A light-rail metro system, Metro Mondego, is currently being built, with opening expected for early 2009.
Coimbra-A railway station. Coimbra has several rail stations. The principal station Coimbra-B is on the main line between Porto and Lisbon. From this, a small spur runs to Coimbra-A, the main station in the city centre. A small regional rail line(Linha da Lousa) also runs from Coimbra Parque at the south edge of the city centre.From Coimbra-Parque is possible to travel to Miranda do Corvo,Lousã and Serpins,among others.Also it is possible to travel by train bweteen Coimbra and Figeira da Foz (Ramal de Alfarelos) and Coimbra and Guarda and Vilar Formoso (Linha da Beira Alta[international]). Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixels Full resolution (2816 × 2112 pixel, file size: 1. ...
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Location - Country Portugal - Region Centro - Subregion Beira Interior Norte - District or A.R. Guarda Mayor Joaquim Valente - Party PS Area 712. ...
Coimbra is served by motorway A1 which connects Lisbon to Porto. A1 - Auto-estrada do Norte is the principal motorway (freeway) in Portugal. ...
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A regional airfield is located in Cernache (Aeródromo Municipal Bissaya Barreto)(CBP)[PCO], 7.5 km SW of the city downtown. With a 920 metre runway and Flight Information Service until the sunset, this regional airport has all the fundamental facilities for private flights. Aeródromo Municipal Bissaya Barreto (also known as Aeródromo de Cernache) is a regional airfield located in Coimbra municipality (N 40º 09, 78 - W 008º 28, 07), in the civil parish of Cernache, 7. ...
Flight Information Service (FIS) is provided at an aerodrome to give information for the safe and efficient conduct of flights. ...
Accommodation There is a wide variety of accommodation available, ranging from the camping-park or one of the many inexpensive hostels to the charming downtown hotels and international chain hotels. Car camping is camping in a tent, but nearby the car for easier access and for supply storage. ...
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Climate Temperature averages in Coimbra range from 7.2 °C (45 °F) to 27.95 °C (82 °F). Extremes in temperature range from -3ºC to 40ºC. Rainfall in Coimbra varies from 18.0 mm/month (0.71 in./month) to 486.0 mm/month (19.1 in./month).
Civil parishes The municipality (concelho) of Coimbra is divided into 31 civil parishes (freguesias): In Portugal, concelho is an alternative name for a municipality, see Municipalities of Portugal. ...
A freguesia is a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and the former Portuguese overseas province of Macao. ...
- Almalaguês
- Almedina (City of Coimbra)
- Ameal
- Antanhol
- Antuzede
- Arzila
- Assafarge
- Botão
- Brasfemes
- Castelo Viegas
- Ceira (Town)
- Cernache
- Eiras
- Lamarosa
- Ribeira de Frades
- São Bartolomeu (City of Coimbra)
- São João do Campo
- São Martinho da Árvore
- São Martinho do Bispo
- São Paulo de Frades
- São Silvestre
- Sé Nova (City of Coimbra)
- Souselas (Town)
- Santa Clara (City of Coimbra)
- Santa Cruz (City of Coimbra)
- Santo António dos Olivais (City of Coimbra)
- Taveiro (Town)
- Torre de Vilela
- Torres do Mondego
- Trouxemil
- Vil de Matos
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Almedina is a municipality in Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. ...
Asilah or Arzila is a city situated on the northwest tip of Morocco with a history back to 1500 B.C. The Phoenicians used the city as a trading site. ...
There are parishes that have the name São Bartolomeu (Portuguese for Saint Bartholomew) in Portugal: São Bartolomeu de Regatos, a parish in the district of Angra do HeroÃsmo São Bartolomeu, a parish in the district of Borba São Bartolomeu, a parish in the district of...
The Saint Silvester Road Race (official name in Portuguese: Corrida Internacional de São Silvestre) is a long-distance running event, the oldest and most prestigious street race in Brazil. ...
Sé Nova is a Portuguese parish, located in the municipality of Coimbra. ...
Santa Cruz, Spanish and Portuguese for Holy Cross, is the name of several cities, regions, and other geographical features around the world: Argentina Puerto Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz province Santa Cruz Province, Argentina Bolivia Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz Department Brazil Santa Cruz, EspÃrito Santo Santa Cruz...
Famous inhabitants - Afonso Henriques, first king of Portugal. He is buried at the Santa Cruz Monastery in Coimbra.
- Sancho I, second king of Portugal, son of Afonso Henriques. He is buried at the Santa Cruz Monastery in Coimbra.
- Elizabeth of Portugal, wife of King Denis I. She was buried at the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha.
- Pedro I, king of Portugal.
- José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit, humanist and writer.
- Anthony of Lisbon, Catholic saint.
- Luís Vaz de Camões, Portuguese poet and author of the Lusiad.
- António Nobre, Portuguese poet.
- Al Berto, Portuguese poet.
- Lúcia dos Santos, Carmelite nun and one of the three visionaries of Fátima.
- José de Anchieta, Spanish Jesuit, humanist and writer.
- Pedro Nunes, Famous mathematician in the 16th Century.
- Carlos Seixas, prominent Portuguese composer of the 18th century.
- Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portuguese sculptor of the 18th century.
- Miguel Torga, Portuguese writer of prose and poetry,pseudonym of Adolfo Correia Rocha,who was a doctor of otorinolaringology used Adolfo Rocha as a dotcor.
- João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos, 1st Count of Ameal, Portuguese humanist and art collector.
- Carlos Paredes, Portuguese musician.
- Zeca Afonso, Portuguese musician.
- Carlos Mota Pinto, Portuguese political figure, interim prime minister of Portugal between 1978 and 1979.
- Sérgio Conceição, Portuguese footballer.
- Zé Castro, Portuguese footballer.
- Luis de Matos, Portuguese magician.
- André Sardet, Portuguese singer and musician.
- Filipe Albuquerque, Portuguese race car driver.
- João Neto, Portuguese judo champion
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In architecture, manueline is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese style of architectural ornamentation of the first decades of the 16th century, incorporating maritime elements and discoveries brought from the voyages of Vasco da Gama and Pedro Ãlvares Cabral. ...
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The Santa Cruz Monastery, (english: Holy Cross Monastery, portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz) is a National Monument in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Alfonso I Henriques of Portugal (Guimarães, 1109, traditionally July 25, – 1185), also known as the Conqueror, was the first king of Portugal, declaring his independence from Leon_Castile, a deed often identifying the Condado Portucalense as the first nation_based state of Europe. ...
The Santa Cruz Monastery, (english: Holy Cross Monastery, portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz) is a National Monument in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Sancho I, King of Portugal (pron. ...
The Santa Cruz Monastery, (english: Holy Cross Monastery, portuguese: Mosteiro de Santa Cruz) is a National Monument in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Elizabeth of Portugal (1271–1336) was queen consort of Portugal and a Saint of the Roman Catholic Church. ...
Dinis of Portugal (in archaic Portuguese Diniz; in English Denis), the Farmer (Port. ...
Pedro I can refer to a number of monarchs: Peter I of Portugal (1320-1367) Pedro of Castile (known as The Cruel) (1334-1369) Peter I of Brazil (IV of Portugal) (1798-1834) Category: ...
José de Anchieta (1534-1597) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Brazil, South America, in the second half of the 16th century. ...
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...
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A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...
Saint Anthony of Padua Saint Anthony of Padua, also venerated as Anthony of Lisbon, particularly in Portugal (August 15, 1195 - June 13, 1231) is a Catholic saint born in Lisbon as Fernando de Bulhões, to a wealthy family. ...
LuÃs de Camões Monument to LuÃs de Camões, Lisbon LuÃs Vaz de Camões (sometimes rendered in English as Camoens) (1524 – June 10, 1580) is considered Portugals greatest poet. ...
A poet is a person who writes poetry. ...
Os Lusíadas (The Lusiads) is considered one of the finest and most important works in Portuguese literature. ...
António Pereira Nobre (Porto 1867 - 1900) was a Portuguese poet. ...
A poet is a person who writes poetry. ...
Al Berto was the pseudonym used by the Portuguese poet Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares (January 11, 1948, Coimbra - June 13, 1997, Lisbon). ...
A poet is a person who writes poetry. ...
Sister Lúcia of Jesus Maria Lúcia Rosa dos Santos – Sister Lúcia of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Jesus – (March 22, 1907 – February 13, 2005) was a Roman Catholic Carmelite nun. ...
Origin and early history Carmelites (in Latin Ordo fratrum Beatæ Virginis Mariæ de monte Carmelo) is the name of a Roman Catholic order founded in the 12th century by a certain Berthold (d. ...
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FÄtima was originally an Arabic name, meaning She who weans, being the name of the only proved surviving child of the prophet Muhammad; after the advent of Islam it became a common Muslim name for women. ...
José de Anchieta (1534-1597) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary in Brazil, South America, in the second half of the 16th century. ...
The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...
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Pedro Nunes (latin, Petrus Nonius), (1502, Alcácer do Sal – August 11, 1578, Coimbra) was a Portuguese mathematician, maybe born from a New Christian (of Jewish origin) family. ...
Leonhard Euler, considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study and research is the field of mathematics. ...
(15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ...
José António Carlos de Seixas (Coimbra, 11 June 1704 - Lisbon, 25 August 1742) was a Portuguese composer, the son of the cathedral organist, Francisco Vaz and Marcelina Nunes. ...
Joaquim Machado de Castro (Coimbra, 1731- Lisbon, 1822), one of Portugals foremost sculptors. ...
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José Afonso José Manuel Cerqueira Afonso dos Santos, also known as Zeca Afonso (pron. ...
Carlos Alberto da Mota Pinto, GCC, GCIP, pron. ...
Sérgio Paulo Marceneiro da Conceição (pron. ...
Zé Castro, fullname José Eduardo Rosa Vale e Castro (born 13 January 1983 in Coimbra), is a Portuguese football central defender who currently plays for Atlético Madrid in the Spanish La Liga. ...
Luis de Matos (born 23 August 1970) is a Portuguese magician. ...
André Sardet is a Portuguese singer and musician, born in the city of Coimbra in 8th January 1976. ...
Filipe Miguel Albuquerque (born March 1, 1985 in Coimbra) is a Portuguese race car driver, currently driving in the World Series by Renault championship. ...
João Neto (born December 28, 1983) is a Portuguese judoka. ...
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 Santa Clara, California, United States (1971) -
 Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (1975) -
 Poitiers, France (1979) -
 Salamanca, Spain (1980) -
 Santos, Brazil (1981) -
Aix-en-Provence, France (1982)
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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (1983)
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 Yaroslavl, Russia (1984) -
 Fes, Morocco (1988) -
Santiago de Compostela, Spain (1994)
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 Mindelo, Cape Verde (1994) -
Curitiba, Brazil (1995)
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São Paulo, Brazil (1997)
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 Beira, Mozambique (1997) -
 Ilhas, Macau (1998) -
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 Dili, East Timor (2002) -
 Damão, India (2004) -
 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg (2005) -
Zaragoza, Spain (2005)
Source: Câmara Municipal de Coimbra (Coimbra City Hall) official website [1] Sign denoting twin towns of Neckarsulm, Germany Town twinning is a concept whereby towns or cities in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links. ...
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Location of Santa Clara within Santa Clara County, California. ...
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Halle (also called Halle an der Saale (literally Halle on the Saale, and in some historic references is not uncommonly called Saale after the river) in order to distinguish it from Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia) is the largest city in the German State of Saxony-Anhalt. ...
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Location within France Poitiers (population 85,000) is a small city located in west central France. ...
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Salamanca (population 160,000) is a city in western Spain, the capital of the province of Salamanca, which belongs to the autonomous community (region) of Castile-Leon (Castilla y León). ...
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Motto: Patriam Charitatem et Libertatem Docui (Latin: To the homeland I taught charity and liberty) Location in the state of São Paulo and Brazil Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region Southeast State São Paulo Settled 1546 Incorporated 1839 Government - Mayor João Paulo Tavares Papa (PMDB) Area - City 280. ...
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Aix (prounounced eks), or, to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, Aix-en-Provence is a city in southern France, some 30 km north of Marseille. ...
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Location in Middlesex County in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country State County Middlesex Settled 1630 Incorporated 1636 Government - Type Mayor-City Council - Mayor Kenneth Reeves (D) Area - Total 7. ...
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Yaroslavl (Russian: ) is a city in Russia, the administrative center of Yaroslavl Oblast, located 250 km north-east of Moscow at . ...
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FES is a three-letter acronym that may refer to: Family Expenditure Survey, a national survey in UK Functional electrical stimulation, a neurological treatment technique Flat Earth Society, an organization that advocates the belief that the Earth is flat Flywheel energy storage Fellowship of Evangelical Students Foundation for Ecological Security...
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Location Location of Santiago de Compostela Coordinates : , , Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Santiago de Compostela (Galician) Spanish name Santiago de Compostela Postal code 15700 Website santiagodecompostela. ...
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Mindelo, or Mindel in Santiagos Capeverdean Crioulo, and Mindel in São Vicente Crioulo, is a port town on the Cape Verde in the northern part of the island of São Vicente. ...
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Nickname: Motto: A cidade sorriso (The smiling city) Location of Curitiba Coordinates: , Country Brazil Region State Paraná Founded 29 March 1693 Incorporated 1842 Government - Mayor Carlos Alberto Richa (PSDB) Area - City 430. ...
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Beira is the second largest city in Mozambique. ...
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The Municipality of the Islands (Portuguese: Concelho das Ilhas) was one of the two municipalities of Macau. ...
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Padua, Italy, (Italian: IPA: , Latin: Patavium, Venetian: ) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, the economic and communications hub of the region. ...
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Dili, also spelled DÃli, Dilli or Dilly, is the capital of East Timor. ...
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District Luxembourg Canton Esch-sur-Alzette Geography Area Area rank 14. ...
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References - ^ a b UMA POPULAÇÃO QUE SE URBANIZA, Uma avaliação recente - Cidades, 2004 Nuno Pires Soares, Instituto Geográfico Português (Geographic Institute of Portugal)
- ^ Direcção Municipal de Administração do Território - Câmara Municipal de Coimbra (Coimbra City Hall) (in Portuguese)
See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Coimbra The University of Coimbra (Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra) is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
AACs Symbol The Associação Académica de Coimbra (AAC) is the students union of the University of Coimbra. ...
HUC main entrance, Coimbra, Portugal The Hospitais da Universidade de Coimbra (H.U.C.) is the Coimbras University Hospitals, in Coimbra, Portugal. ...
The Queima das Fitas (portuguese for Burning of the Ribbons) is a traditional festivity of the students of some portuguese universities, organized originally by the students of the University of Coimbra. ...
The Fado de Coimbra is a type of fado, originating in the university city of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
The Joanina Library (Biblioteca Joanina) is the Baroque library of the University of Coimbra, built in the 18th century during the reign of the Portuguese King João V (and named after him). ...
The Associação Académica de Coimbra - Organismo Autónomo de Futebol (A.A.C. - O.A.F.), also referred to as Académica de Coimbra (pron. ...
The Coimbra Group (CG) is a network of European universities that gathers 38 universities, some of which are among the oldest and most prestigious in Europe. ...
Centro Region (Região Centro, pron. ...
External links Official websites: - Coimbra's Municipality City Hall
- Centro's Tourist Region
Other websites: Coordinates: 40°12′14″N 8°25′23″W / 40.203919, -8.422909 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
The District of Coimbra is located in the South of Portugal, the District Capital is the city of Coimbra. ...
Arganil is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Location - Region - Subregion - District or A.R. Centro Baixo Mondego Coimbra Mayor - Party Area 397 km² Population - Total - Density 12,000 /km² No. ...
Condeixa-a-Nova, also known as Condeixa, is a town and a municipality in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Figueira da Foz, is a city of the district of Coimbra, in Portugal. ...
For other uses, see Góis. ...
Coat of Arms Lousã is a town in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Coat of Arms Mira is a town and municipality in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Miranda do Corvo is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Montemor-o-Velho is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal It has got 3000. ...
Oliveira do Hospital, is a city in the district of Coimbra, Portugal. ...
Pampilhosa da Serra is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Penacova is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Penela is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Soure is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Tábua is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
Vila Nova de Poiares is a town and municipality of the Coimbra district, in Portugal. ...
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